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crossbreed definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross] v
1: breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn: crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (crossbred; -breeding) Date: 1675 transitive verb hybridize, cross; especially to cross (two varieties or breeds) within the same species intransitive verb to engage in or undergo hybridization II. noun Date: 1774 hybrid

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crossbreed Cross"breed` (-br[=e]d`), n. 1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks. 2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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